Milo Dukanovic

Milo Dukanovic (15 February 1962-) was Prime Minister of Montenegro from 15 February 1991 to 5 February 1998 (preceding Filip Vujanovic), from 8 January 2003 to 10 November 2006 (succeeding Dragan Durovic and preceding Zeljko Sturanovic), from 29 February 2008 to 29 December 2010 (succeeding Sturanovic and preceding Igor Luksic), and from 4 December 2012 to 28 November 2016 (succeeding Luksic and preceding Dusko Markovic). He also served as President of Montenegro from 15 January 1998 to 25 November 2002 (succeeding Momir Bulatovic and preceding Vujanovic) and from 22 May 2018 (succeeding Vujanovic).

Biography
Milo Dukanovic was born in Niksic, SR Montenegro, Yugoslavia in 1962, and he joined the SKJ in high school. By 1986, he was in charge of the SKJ's youth wing in Montenegro, and he progessed steadily up the party ladder due to his direct, fiery, and forceful rhetoric. In 1989, he became Secretary of the League of Communists of Montenegro, holding that position until the party transformed into the Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro. He was initially a close ally of Slobodan Milosevic, but he turned against Milosevic in 1996, and he favored the creation of an independent Montenegro. Dukanovic held power for decades as either President or Prime Minister, and he oversaw the successful 2006 independence referendum, which ended the union of Serbia and Montenegro.